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“‘We’re seeing a lot of people who host a big-name artist in their mansions,’ says Jay Siegan, whose company, Jay Siegan Presents, has helped book major acts like Coldplay and Celine Dion for corporate events. ‘They do it discreetly and for 30 to 50 friends, and they’ll have a million-dollar artist perform 45 minutes before they have a celebrity chef prepare a dinner. That’s the kind of thing we’ve seen more and more of.’”

‘It feels more honest and direct to give the audience a fabulous show, without any nonsense at the end,’ says Jay Siegan, an experienced club owner and promoter who has worked with artists like Celine Dion, Weezer and Imagine Dragons. ‘Why not leave them hungry for more? I find it really refreshing when an artist pours their heart out into a magnificent performance, and then runs offstage. That is rock-and-roll’

“‘But all-company Zoom celebrations can feel a lot like all-company Zoom meetings. So companies are also adding virtual Q and A’s with famous authors or Saturday Night Live cast members, inspiring talks from TED speakers, and even group meditation sessions led by famous practitioners’, said Jay Siegan…”

“‘This is not a corporate event for a faceless company, nor is it a concert,’ said Jay Siegan, who books 200 weddings a year with headliners like Celine Dion, the Killers and the Wu-Tang Clan, through his company, Jay Siegan Presents…”

Jay Siegan, founder of corporate gig agency Jay Siegan Presents, was surprised at how public Beyoncé’s gig went. As someone who’s signed thousands of NDAs and thrown decadent corporate gigs for decades starring the likes of Coldplay, he’s used to private gigs staying, well, private. “There was a lot of leaking of it which usually doesn’t happen,” Siegan tells VICE. “I don’t know why but it felt intentional, like there was some sort of public branding.